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TopicWhy do people pretend they don't understand singular they?
TurtleInFreedom
02/22/24 4:53:44 PM
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It's more political rather than personal. Jordan Peterson makes a good point on how language use should not be dictated by the government. The development of language is a socially negotiated phenomenon. The more you force it, the less accepted it will be. The whole pronoun thing is like non-newtonian fluid physics. Give it like a decade and people will ease into it.
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